Weather Terms

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Across
  1. 4. is water falling from the sky
  2. 6. is the only star in our solar system hurricane a tropical storm with winds that have reached a constant speed of 74 miles per hour or more
  3. 8. a period of abnormally hot weather generally lasting more than two days
  4. 11. is an electrical discharge caused by imbalances between storm clouds and the ground
  5. 12. A violently rotating column of air touching the ground
  6. 13. any temperature below freezing (32 degrees F)
Down
  1. 1. continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it
  2. 2. is the time in the morning when the sun appears or full daylight arrives
  3. 3. is the amount of water vapor in the air
  4. 5. are giant waves caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions under the sea
  5. 7. is a genus of high cloud made of ice crystals
  6. 8. the quality of being hot; high temperature
  7. 9. a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere
  8. 10. the movement of air, caused by the uneven heating of the Earth